America

Few remember the name, much less the historical achievements, of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche. Yet, this African American mediator and United Nations diplomat was the first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

The life and work of author Ralph Ellison, whose novel "Invisible Man" won him many awards and honors.

Average Americans from several states and one South African immigrant weigh in on the political climax in 2020.

Las Vegas: Last Oasis in America is an irreverent exploration of this uniquely American city, which thrives on transience and celebrates wealth and instant success. Cohen's tour of Las Vegas includes a visit to the Liberace Museum, where the pianist's brother treats Cohen and her crew to a reverential look at Liberace memorabilia, as well as the casinos where patrons gather with intense concentration at the gaming tables. Cohen portrays a culture of high expectations and inevitable disappointment, exhibiting humor and empathy for the people who win and lose in the money-society of "the strip."

Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in the United States, "American Arab" sparks a frank conversation about identity and perception, and argues for giving people "the space to be complicated."

Following in the footsteps of the first film, "The Price of the American Dream II" continues the story of Laura Munoz who has grown considerably older and is now a single mother with four children after the death of her husband Chendo. As a result, Laura moves her family from Los Angeles, California to Albuquerque, New Mexico in hopes of gaining a better life for herself and for her children Manny, Alexendra, Daniel, and Carlos. However, life proves to be just as hard in a new state when Manny and Alex begin hanging out with the wrong crowd including the fact that Carlos is now constantly getting in trouble at school and Daniel is even trapped in the middle of it. It seems the price of the American dream has only risen higher since Laura first found it.

Former MLB player Eric Byrnes tackles a one-of-a-kind endurance feat in the documentary film, Let Them Play: A Triathlon Across America. Follow Byrnes's quest to swim, bike and run across the United States to blaze a trail for youth physical education reform, as he showcases inspiring leaders along the journey.

Stories of homophobia in the foster care system in the countrys most gay-friendly state: California.

Three Asian Americans tell their stories of immigration, growing up, assimilation, and finding themselves in this heartfelt stand-up comedy special.

The Hispanic culture is alive and thriving in music, art, fashion, sports, science, medicine, and government. In Famous Hispanic Americans we?ll take a look at the people who are in the news, in the movies, hitting home runs, and inventing new cures for diseases.

From age to age, across the lands, Native Americans have made their mark in history. Take a closer look at Native American stories that will be told for generations. Learn about Chief Big Foot, Sitting Bull, Cochise, Black Hawk, Chief Joseph and more.

Why did Abigail Adams urge her husband to 'remember the ladies?' Why was Harriet Tubman called the 'Moses' of her people? Who founded the American Red Cross? These are but a few of the questions answered in 'Great Women in American History'.

The cowgirls in this documentary are modern-day women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The film spans three generations, telling the inspirational real-life stories of women who are living their own "dream-come-true" existences.

From his days on the pioneering sketch comedy show In Living Color to his smash hit films, Jamie Foxx knows how to bring the laughter. Now, Foxx returns to his comedy roots with a series that will keep you in stitches from start to finish. Filmed before a live audience at Atlanta s hottest comedy and arts festival, Foxx hand picks the best up and comers with the freshest material and the most unbelievable jokes ever heard. And, to keep you entertained throughout the entire show, Cedric the Entertainer serves as your master of ceremonies!

Kokomma is a village girl from Akwa Ibom, who was unwittingly trafficked to America. She resists every attempt to be lead into prostitution because of her strict cultural discipline and ultimately becomes stranded.

A short film documenting a small Tennessee town reacting to resident outsider artist Billy Tripp erecting his giant metal sculpture, The Mindfield. Reactions are gathered from city residents, tourists, and city officials.

One Dream, Two Brothers, One continent. Two brothers follow their dream of surfing the American Pacific showing the Continent as a whole, through its different cultures, villages, food, people, animals and landscapes while camping and surfing on their way back home to Argentina.

It's an illegal workforce that's an internet connection and a phone call away. The world's oldest profession has moved online and indoors. We're going behind the supply and demand of the escort industry. Many are caught in an abusive underworld, while others fight for the freedom to simply work. This is the American escort industry. The Internet is the backbone of the 21st century sex industry. Prostitution is illegal in most of the United States, but if you look online countless websites appear to sell sex. You can have your pick of blonds, brunets, redheads, couples, strippers, party girls and of course escorts. The film crew basically wants to find out who these girls are and how this whole escort business operates.

A young man who has lost his family is swept up in extreme right wing ideology. He is mentored by a deranged professor who feeds him extreme ideology and teaches him how to make bombs. Making him the first domestic suicide bomber in history.